Originally Posted by
rattman
No every time an australian defence procurment comes up. Thats lifetime project costs (or as my company calls it in the civilian world "whole life cost accounting"), to covers the full project so airframes + estimated spares + new facilites / possible field upgrades + maintainence contracts.
???
Hmmm, why do you need FMS (=Foreign Military Sales) approval for revamping your airfields/hangars and for maintenance by Australian technicians?!